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December 4, 2014

First Look | With or Without Wedding Bands

Melissa sent this question to me not long ago and I realized that it’s one I often get from my brides and grooms.  So why not answer it in a blog post?!

I’ve noticed that with doing photographs before the wedding (but after the first look) that the bride/groom photographs are then without the wedding rings. Would it be better for the couples to go ahead and wear their wedding rings for the photos (even before the ceremony)?
What is current ‘protocol’ on that?

As far as current protocol in the photography world, I really have no idea ;-)  But I CAN tell you what I do.  If a couple asks me about this, whether down the road if they’re together but don’t have their wedding bands on will look odd, I tell them that it’s completely up to them.

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If they do want their wedding bands on, that is perfectly fine!  The bride will put hers on herself and the groom will put his on his own hand (since during the ceremony, they’ll place them on each others’ hands).  And we’ve had couples choose to do this.  But we also get photos of the couple after the ceremony too so they’ll have photos with their rings on then.

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Ben and I saw each other before the ceremony and to be honest, I’m not sure that it even crossed my mind about not having our rings on yet!  But, it’s never bothered me that our rings aren’t on in some of those photos.  My favorite image from our First Look is the one we had blown up to a 30×40 canvas and while Ben’s left hand is partially hidden, you can tell that I don’t have my wedding band on yet.  But I’m ok with that!  We’re in our wedding attire and have the most goofy lovey dovey faces for each other that not seeing our wedding bands doesn’t bother me at all :-)

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Happy Thursday!

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